Sophia's POV
Nik and I were finally alone, we'd stopped the werewolf hunts since clearly it would be pointless to look if he couldn't turn them so we'd stopped at a hotel somewhere in St. Louis for the time being with Stefan in the next room over since I'd demanded our own space and now that he'd proven to be somewhat loyal by coming back he had his own room while Nik and I had ours and of course we took advantage of it.
"So what now Nik?" I asked looking up as his hand continued to move through my hair as we laid in the extravagant posted bed with nothing but the sheet covering us.
"Round four?" he questioned looking down with a smirk and I laughed a little shaking my head at him, his stamina seems to have heightened even more with his werewolf side finally being activated.
"No I mean in your grand plan, Niklaus Mikaelson doesn't give up" I argued and his smile fell a little.
"I need a witch"
"Okay, I'm sure we have a few of those in our phone that we can contact" I nodded sitting up swinging my legs out of the bed and stood up taking the sheet with me which left Nik on the bed now uncovered.
"No I mean a witch powerful enough and old enough to help" he argued making me turn around to see him still laid on the bed with his arms now behind his bed and I rolled my eyes at his smirk as he saw me look just a little. "Fancy the Chicago skyline against sweetheart?" he asked and my eyes widened immediately understanding.
"Gloria" he nodded his head with a smirk on his face.
"Get dressed luv, we're heading to Chicago"
"Now?" I asked frowning a little.
"Well sooner is better than later" he stated getting up and I was sad to watch as he pulled his pants on.
"Fine, I'm gonna have a shower" I stated walking into the bathroom dropping the sheet and got into the shower turning it to the hottest it would go and smiled putting my head beneath the water before I looked up and saw Nik standing in the doorway. "Uh hello I'm showering here"
"I can see that and I'm enjoying the view" he replied and I rolled my eyes at him turning around facing the showerhead grabbing some soap and started washing my body hearing his footsteps enter before I felt his chest against my back and he pulled me towards him and I felt he'd stripped his pants off again.
"I didn't say I wanted company"
"I didn't ask either, your mine remember" I couldn't stop myself from smiling as he said that and leant my head back as he took the soap from me and started brushing it over my skin.
"Nik" I breathed out holding my hands up and around the back of his head, his touch sent shivers down my entire body as he set my nerves on fire.
"Yes love?" he asked smugly and I sighed closing my eyes as his hand moved lower on my stomach.
"Don't...stop" I moaned and I felt his smirk against my neck as he began sucking on the skin and play nipping keeping his teeth far away from actually breaking the skin. "Oh fuck me" I threw my head back when his hand went even lower and I felt his hand exactly where I needed him.
"Such a foul mouth" Nik laughed but I'd had enough of the teasing and spun wrapping my arms around him and crashed our lips together as he lifted me up and slammed me into the tiled wall and I felt them crack as I accidently knocked the showerhead from the wall and water sprayed out.
"Oh shit" I laughed and he joined in before kissing me again both of us forgetting the damage we were doing to this poor shower especially when I felt him fill me and I moaned throwing my head back as he gave me no time to adjust and he thrusted deeply, no doubt leaving bruises which would heal and at times like this I was thankful I wasn't human.
By the time Nik and I finally got out of the shower and dressed we grabbed Stefan and got on the road a compelled driver and the truck containing Nik's family behind us and it was a weird 4 hour drive as I'd been forced to sit in the middle of Nik and Stefan in a totally awkward family road trip silence between us and when we were finally pulling into a warehouse I was more than relived to finally get out of the car.
"Welcome to back to Chicago, Stefan" Nik said as he got out before holding his hand out for me and I frowned confused since how did he know that Stefan had ever been to Chicago but I didn't say anything.
"What are we doing here?" Stefan asked as Nik walked over and opened up a door letting us overlook the Chicago skyline.
"I know how much you loved it here" Nik replied once again confusing me and I glared at him since clearly he knew something I didn't and it brought back the question I'd had not so long ago, how long had he known my brothers were alive. "Bringing back memories of the good old ripper days"
"Blacked out most of them" Stefan argued and I turned to him raising my eyes. "Lot of blood, lot of partying details are all a blur"
"Well that is a crying shame, the details are what make it legend" I turned to Nik, my confusion growing with every word. "Word was the Ripper of Monterey got lonely so he escaped to the city for comfort, it was prohibition everything was off-limits then which made everything so much fun" I scoffed with a small smile since it had been fun and he smiled at me. "Chicago was magical"
"Yeah well I'll take your word for it, like I said I don't remember most of it" Stefan replied walking away from the door.
"Down to business then?" Nik stated closing the door.
"Why am I still with you?" Stefan asked him. "We had our fun, your hybrids failed I mean don't you want to move on?" I scoffed since Nik wasn't the type to give up and move on.
"We're going to see my favorite witch, if anyone can help us with our hybrid problem…it's her" Nik replied and we headed out walking into a very familiar bar that I haven't seen since the 1920's but nothing had really changed and smiled at the thrill of being back here, I loved the time we spent here in the 20's. "Looks familiar, doesn't it?" Nik asked as Stefan looked around.
"I can't believe this place is still here" he replied making me look at him, when the hell had he been to Gloria's but then I turned to Nik since I was annoying me that he seemed to know more than I did as it wasn't often that happened as I'd always thought there wasn't anything he hadn't told me.
"You gotta be kidding me" we heard and turned seeing none other than Gloria herself.
"So a hybrid walks into a bar, says to the bartender-"
"Stop" Gloria said cutting Nik off and I laughed. "You may be invincible but that doesn't make you funny" she added making me laugh even more making Gloria notice me. "Do my eyes deceive me or is that Sophia Salvatore"
"Gloria" I nodded with a smile.
"See you two are still going strong" she smiled at us.
"Of course" I smiled sharing a look with Nik before she looked at Stefan.
"I remember you"
"Yeah, you're Gloria" Stefan replied taking a few steps towards her. "Shouldn't you be-?" he left the question hanging.
"Old and dead?" Gloria finished for him. "Now if I die, who's gonna run this place"
"Gloria's a very powerful witch" Nik added smiling.
"I can slow the aging down some, herbs and spells but don't worry it'll catch up to me one day"
"Stefan why don't you go and fix us up a little something from behind the bar?" Nik told him looking back at Stefan who nodded not really able to say no.
"Yeah, sure thing" he walked away and Nik turned back to Gloria.
"You look ravishing by the way"
"Don't" Gloria cut him off holding up a hand making me smile, one of the only women besides me who was immune to his charm. "I know why you're here" she added as we took a seat. "A hybrid out to make more hybrids, that kind of news travels"
"So what am I doing wrong?" he asked her putting his arm over the back of my chair. "I broke the curse"
"Obviously you did something wrong" Gloria replied and Nik huffed in annoyance. "Every spell has a loophole but a curse that old, we'd have to contact the witch that created it"
"Well that would be the Original witch, she's very dead" Nik argued and I turned to him since I knew and I reached for his hand taking it and pulled it into my lap entwining our fingers.
"I know and for me to contact her I'll need help" Gloria replied looking him dead in the eyes. "Bring me Rebekah" my eyes widened.
"Rebekah" Nik replied rolling his head. "Rebekah is a bit preoccupied"
"She has what I need, bring her to me" Gloria insisted.
"What is this?" Stefan spoke up making us turn to where he still was at the bar and I saw a photograph in his hand.
"Well I told you Stefan, Chicago's a magical place" Nik replied and I frowned once again the confusion settling in.
"But this is me…with you and Sophia" he turned the photo around and my eyes widened getting up from my chair and went over taking the photo from him and looked at it, Stefan and Nik were sitting side by side with one arm around the other and I was sitting in Nik's lap with his other arm wrapped around me, all of us in 1920's clothes.
"What the hell?" I spat turning to Nik. "I don't remember this" I glared at him since there was only one reason to why I wouldn't remember this. "You compelled me?!" I yelled at him.
"Sophia luv-"
"You said you'd never compel me, why would you take a memory from me especially one where I clearly knew my brother was alive!" he stepped towards me but I moved back glaring at him. "You promised me and you broke that promise" I spat slamming the photo down onto the bar before I stormed out of the bar leaving them behind.
I don't know where I was going but I started walking since I couldn't even look at Niklaus right now, he swore to me that he would never compel me and I find out that he has not only that but he stole a memory of knowing my brother was alive and has been lying to me about it for over 80 years, I had loved Chicago but how much of it was a lie.
I had a long walk around Chicago seeing everything that was the same and the things that had changed before I found my way back to the bar seeing Gloria was open for business and it was full of people and instantly spotted Niklaus at the bar drinking and I rolled my eyes since Niklaus didn't even seem sorry about robbing me of my memories.
I walked over to the bar and sat down seeing Niklaus's eyes turn towards me in my side vision but I ignored him nodding at Gloria as she poured me a shot and I threw it back completely ignoring Nik as he stared at me since he was gonna have to do a lot more than stare at me with those blue eyes of his to make me forgive this one.
"Your back" he spoke up and I frowned.
"I came to drink, not to talk" I stated and Gloria poured me a glass of whisky instantly before she left calling last call. "Where's Stefan?" I found myself asking.
"He went out for a real drink" he shrugged and I frowned since he was seriously slipping off the rails but I didn't say that. "Sophia-"
"I don't want to hear any apologies Niklaus, you did the one thing that you said you'd never do and I'm not ready to forgive you"
"You don't understand why I did it"
"No because you took those memories from me" I spat at him before my eyes looked to his other side and saw my twin sit down and I scoffed shaking my head. "Damon" I spoke and Nik smirked without looking at him.
"I see they've opened the doors to the riff-raff now"
"Oh honey I've been called worse" Damon replied and I rolled my eyes picking up my drink sipping at it.
"You don't give up do you?" Nik asked him.
"Give me my brother back and stop sleeping with my sister, you'll never have to see me again" Damon replied and I turned to him raising an eye since what gave him the right to think he could decide what I do, I might be angry at Nik right now but that doesn't mean I'd return to the brothers who abandoned me since Nik's never done that.
"Well I am torn, you see I promised Stefan I wouldn't let you die but how many freebies did I really sign up for and clearly you want to die otherwise you wouldn't be here so" Nik argued.
"What can I say, I'm a thrill seeker" Damon shot back and I rolled my eyes at him since seriously what the hell was wrong with him especially since Nik was already angry and I looked up when he grabbed my twin's throat and lifted him up and I heard something crack.
"Oh dear what was that?" Nik asked and I frowned standing up. "I'm a little boozy" he held up a cocktail umbrella towards Damon's throat. "So you'll forgive me if I miss your heart the first few tries" he stabbed it into Damon's chest. "No that's not it" I frowned as he stabbed it in again and my eyes met Damon's, our eyes reflecting each other, blue meeting blue...our eyes an identical shade. "Mm, almost..." Nik moved it around inside Damon's chest and I clenched my fists listening to Damon groan in pain.
"You want another partner in crime, forget Stefan I'm so much more fun just ask Sophia" Damon groaned out around Nik's hold on his throat but Nik threw him backwards and he crashed into a table breaking it and Nik went over breaking a leg off a chair and I stepped forwards.
"Nik!" I exclaimed but he ignored me.
"You won't be any fun after your dead" he stated walking over to Damon and knelt down with the stake over his heart.
"Nik don't!" I yelled as he pulled his hand back to drive it through Damon's heart but the stake caught fire and Nik threw it before it could burn him and I turned to see Gloria.
"Really?" Nik asked her.
"Not in my bar, you take it outside" I smiled my thanks at her before I turned back to Nik as he pushed Damon down when he'd tried to stand.
"You don't have to negotiate your brothers freedom, when I'm done with him he won't wanna go back" Nik told him before getting up and walked past me giving me a look which made me frown before I looked back down at Damon as he groaned and rolled onto his side.
"Learn a lesson here Damon, you need to stay away otherwise I'll let him kill you next time" I warned him.
"No you won't" he groaned out and I glared at him walking over and kicked him back onto his back.
"Let's get one thing straight Damon, you don't get to say you I can and can't have sex with, you don't get to think you can come into my life and rip me away from the only person whose been there for me for the past 150 years, so stay out of my life" I spat pressing my heel into his chest hearing him groan. "Or I'll be the one to kill you" I kicked him slightly before I started walking away.
"Like it or not Sophie, your my twin sister and I've never stopped caring about you...you can do better than that psycho!" I heard Damon call out after me but I ignored him as I caught up with Nik as we left the bar.
"You wanted to save him" Nik spoke up after a few miles of silence.
"I...I don't want to feel anything for them but they're my brothers, Damon's my twin and I...it's hard to let go" I admitted to what I've been battling with since I found out they were alive. "It's confusing Nik, one part of my mind wants to not care about them but the other clings to the memories and they are constantly fighting each other in my head"
"Your humanity switch is flickering" he pointed out and I stopped frowning since I'd never turned it off before, I've never had a reason to want to block out the bad but lately it's been hard.
"I hate it Nik, a part of me doesn't want to feel anything anymore" I told him and he frowned reaching out tentatively probably thinking I'd pull back from him but I didn't and let him take my hands into his.
"Don't you dare turn it off Sophia, I'm here for you whenever you need me luv" he replied but I frowned since how can I trust him after what he did and he seemed to read that thought. "I'm sorry for what I did, it's complicated on why I did it but trust me that I had a really good reason for it"
"Then give them back so I understand" I told him and he frowned avoiding my eyes. "If it's safe to do so, give me back my memories Nik because I have to know what went on with us and my brother"
"Okay" he finally sighed before he reached up and cupped my cheeks bringing my eyes to meet his. "Sophia, it's time for you to remember" he said and I watched his eyes dilate before the first memory unlocked like a vault.
Flashback 1922 – Sophia's POV
Nik and Rebekah had both been hanging out at a speakeasy bar run by a witch named Gloria and I hadn't really been in the party mood as I was still mourning and missing Elijah slightly always wondering whether or not he was okay since we hadn't heard a thing from him since we left New Orleans and it's been far too long now but most of all I was mourning since Marcel hadn't deserved what Mikael had done to him, I hadn't deserved it and if it hadn't been for Nik refusing to leave without me then I'd be dead too and I don't know why I got to live when Marcel didn't.
"Luv" I looked up from my spot, I was sitting on the bay window in which Nik and I had in our room holding my knees to my chest. "Come out with us tonight"
"I don't feel like it Nik"
"You say that every time, you can't sit here and waste all this" he pointed out at Chicago. "Come on"
"Maybe tomorrow" I replied but he frowned and I knew it was because I always said that and he clearly wasn't believing it this time as he suddenly picked me up over his shoulder. "Nik!" I exclaimed as he laughed and playfully slapped my bump. "Animal, put me down!" I told him and he did right in the middle of Rebekah's room and I saw her sitting at her vanity mirror putting the last touches to her make-up.
"Doll her up will you sister, she's coming with us tonight" he smirked at me before he turned to leave the room and I glared at his back speeding over to Rebekah's bed picking up a pillow and lopped it towards his head but he dodged out of the way.
"You'll thank me my love" he called from the hallway and I rolled my eyes before turning to Rebekah seeing her laughing at our antics.
"Come on Sophia, you'll have so much fun and you can finally meet the guy I've been seeing" she told me and pulled me to sit in the seat in front of her vanity where she immediately began to pull my hair up into a braided 20's hairstyle, I guess if Rebekah was happy than I should try to be as well since if anyone deserved to sulk it was her with how close she was with Marcel so I let her 'doll' me up and I wore a white flapper dress and heels following her out meeting up with Nik at the bottom of the stairs before we left to head to Gloria's.
It actually wasn't that bad and I began to have fun especially dancing with Nik to the slow and fast songs unable to stop laughing whenever he would pull me into a more advanced move that had everyone around us clapping.
I stepped away with Rebekah to mingle and take a break from dancing seeing Nik over at the bar with some guy and when Rebekah told me that was her new guy I decided to head over and meet him for myself as she's been gushing about him for a few weeks now but I never heard a name so I was interested in whose caught her eye this time.
"Nik" I called and he turned to me with a smile and I smiled back until the guy he'd been talking to turned too and my eyes flickered up and down him as my mouth hung open in shock. "Stef...Stefan?" I asked and he looked just as shocked himself.
"Sophia" he asked in the same surprised and confused tone of voice before I couldn't help it.
"Stefan!" I launched into his arms wrapping mine around his neck. "I can't believe it, I thought you were dead!"
"I thought you were dead" he trailed off. "How...you're a vampire?"
"Yeah, Nik changed me" I told him and we both turned to Nik seeing him frowning at our interaction.
"How do you two know each other?" he asked almost glaring at Stefan.
"He's my brother, my little brother" I told him and his eyes widened before he rolled his eyes.
"Salvatore, I should have connected those" he muttered to himself and I laughed before I turned back to Stefan.
"How...did Katherine-"
"She fed me her blood" he nodded and I furrowed my brows.
"Is Damon-?"
"Yes, we uh...we don't talk anymore"
"Damon's alive?" I asked before I frowned. "You two never looked for me, did you?" I asked and he shook his head.
"We thought you were dead"
"Did you even make sure?!" I asked suddenly getting angry as I got over the shock of seeing him alive.
"No, we had our own lives to live" he replied and my eyes widened since I never knew Stefan could be so cold.
"You were my brothers"
"So?" Stefan replied and I glared at him before I realized why he was so cold.
"Your humanity's off" he nodded as if he was proud of that so I huffed and stormed off.
I came out of the first memory that came back and frowned since I hadn't taken it well back then either when I found out they were alive but that couldn't be why Nik took the memory from me.
"I guess I'm not good at finding out my brothers were alive and never looked for me and Stefan's an ass with no humanity" I pointed out and Nik laughed as we walked into the warehouse to check on Rebekah since Nik had pulled the dagger out of her, we walked up to her coffin and found it empty and a dead guy on the floor behind it.
"Rebekah?" Nik called out and I frowned looking around since I doubt she'd be too happy to see him even though I can't remember why she was daggered in the first place, that had always bugged me and now I knew why since it had to have something to do with Stefan. "It's your big brother"
"Apart of me wants to kill my own 'big brother' so do you really think that'll work" I asked him making a quotation motion with my fingers as I said big brother since technically Damon and I were the same age, he was just 12 minutes older.
"Come out, come out wherever you are" he went on ignoring me and I went over to the dead guy giving him a kick just to make sure he was dead before I heard Nik gasp and looked up seeing Rebekah had finally arrived and stabbed him in the heart with the dagger.
"Go to hell Nik!" she yelled at him and I smirked crossing my arms since I always loved it when Mikaelson's bickered and fought, it was oh so entertaining and this brought on the memory of another night...the night everything went wrong.
Flashback 1922 – Sophia's POV
Nik and I sat in one of the booths, we were watching Stefan and Rebekah dancing to a slow song and I glared at the scene since although we'd been partying with him I still didn't like him with his humanity off and the fact that he hadn't even looked for me and made sure that I was dead.
"Your pouting love"
"I'm not pouting, I'm plotting ways to kill my brother" I smirked turning to him as he smiled at me. "He's an ass" I pointed out.
"You have to admit it's been fun though" he smirked and I rolled my eyes but it has been fun and a part of me loved the fact that he was alive and back in my life and no doubt I'd forgive him sooner or later...probably in 80 years or so but most importantly I was gonna find Damon one of these days and kick his ass.
"It's been fun" I finally admitted and pressed a kiss to his cheek. "I'm gonna get another drink at the bar, be right back" I told him and stood heading towards the bar smiling at the bartender but before I could order I heard it.
"This is the police...Chicago police!" I ducked as the gun fire went off since I was so not in the mood to get shot and moved behind the bar seeing Stefan and Rebekah at the other end.
"They're using wooden bullets, they know" I overheard Stefan say and frowned.
"That means he's here" Rebekah replied and my body froze in fear.
"Who, who's here?" Stefan asked her.
"Rebekah, Sophia come on we've got to go sweethearts!" I heard Nik yelling over the gunfire and his voice snapped me out and I stood quickly moving towards him and he grabbed my arm pulling me and Rebekah with him.
"What the hell is going on?" Stefan asked.
"Stefan!" Rebekah called back and I turned seeing my little brother trying to follow us, we had to take him with us, we couldn't leave him here with Mikael.
"Go!" Nik told us and pushed us forward, I hesitated. "Go Sophia!" he warned me and I nodded since I never wanted to be within grasp of Mikael again so Rebekah and I took off leaving the bar and headed for the rendezvous point we always had for times like this.
"God we just left them back there" I protested and started pacing but quickly heard footsteps and turned seeing Nik. "Nik!" I exclaimed relieved that he'd gotten out since Mikael wanted him the most.
"Let's go" Nik said moving to the truck door and I frowned.
"He'll be here any second" Rebekah argued and I hesitated too since Stefan had to be here, he had to come with us.
"Do you want to die, we've been found we need to move"
"Not without Stefan" I argued and he turned to me shocked that I was agreeing with Rebekah that we had to wait.
"Stefan's not coming" Nik replied and I frowned. "We have to disappear, he'll draw too much attention, let him go"
"What did you do?" Bekah asked him.
"Come on, we don't have time for one of your tantrums" Nik deflected grabbing her arm and tried pulling her to the truck.
"I don't want to run anymore Nik, all we do is run, I want to be with Stefan"
"And he's my brother Nik" I added seeing him turn to me.
"Fine" Nik replied. "Then choose, him or me?" he asked and my eyes widened since that wasn't fair, he was my brother but Nik was everything to me, I lowered my eyes in defeat since at the end of the day Nik was my family and Stefan...he'd abandoned me once. "That's what I thought, get in the truck let's go" he told us and I looked up since he'd been so sure I'd chose him and Rebekah would chose him.
"Goodbye Nik" Rebekah spoke up instead of following him and I turned to her as she started to leave but I heard Nik move before he appeared in front of her, a dagger in his hand which I recognized at one of 'the' daggers and he stabbed her in the heart.
"Nik!" I exclaimed shocked as Bekah began to desiccate before dropping to the ground and I watched it before I heard Nik move and he was standing in front of me.
"I'm sorry luv" he said and I frowned confused as he cupped my cheeks but when he leveled his gaze with mine I knew what he was doing.
"No, no Nik please don't, .he's my brother and I have to find my twin Damon, please don't take them away from me" I begged him.
"I'm sorry Sophia" he spoke again before I watched his eyes dilate. "You won't remember finding your brother, you, Rebekah and me spent some time in Chicago but Mikael found us and we had to flee...that's all you'll remember"
I snapped myself out of the memory looking over at Nik in shock, that's why he'd compelled me to forget I found Stefan, so that we could get away from Mikael, so I didn't look for them and possible die in the process...but that doesn't explain why he made me forget, he could have compelled me to leave Stefan behind and I could have found Damon.
"Don't pout, you knew it wouldn't kill me" Nik said after pulling the dagger out of his chest and dropping it to the ground.
"No but I was hoping it would hurt more" Bekah snapped back at him and I sniggered making her turn towards me.
"Hey Bekah" I smiled and she gave me a brief smile back before she went back to glaring at Nik and started walking away from him.
"I understand that you're angry with me Rebekah, so I'm gonna let that go just this once" Nik said following her and I rolled my eyes since he never learnt. "Brought you a little peace offering" he quickly added. "You can come in" he turned his head and Stefan walked in.
"Stefan?" Bekah smiled at him but I frowned since he didn't remember and had clearly moved on but Nik walked up to him and touched his shoulder.
"Now you remember" he compelled Stefan and I watched he closed his eyes as the memories came flooding back to him just like they had with me and he met my eyes for a second and I knew the one he'd just seen as it had come back to me as well.
Flashback 1922 – Sophia's POV
I was sitting alone in one of the booths while Nik and Rebekah were sharing a dance and I smiled sipping at the gin in my glass before I looked up when Stefan suddenly sat down across from me and I rolled my eyes.
"What do you want Stefan?" I asked him.
"I wanna catch up with my big sister" he smiled and I rolled my eyes as it was the same smile since we were kids and his stupid little dimples stared at me begging me to do whatever he wanted, before the whole Katherine business and he wasn't daddy's prodigy he'd been able to get me to do anything he wanted with just that smile and it was mostly to con me out of the extra cookie or to share my sweets with him.
"You've had 58 years to find me and catch up Stefan" I argued.
"Like I said, I thought you were dead Sophie"
"Don't call me that"
"Why not, we used to call you that all the time?"
"That was different, back then everything was different but let me remind you...you chose Katherine over me...you both did and I paid the price, she damn near killed me just because I tried to help you idiots" I spat at him dropping my glass onto the table. "Silver lining though, it lead me to him" I smiled down at Nik.
"You know you could have looked for us as well, you and Damon always had the twin sense so you should have found each other"
"I saw father shoot you, I watched it happen and I cried over your bodies...how was I supposed to know Katherine had been giving you's her blood, at least I looked out for my family which is more than I can say for you and Damon" I spat then leaned forward towards him. "Were never going to be close ever again Stefan, you and Damon ruined any chance of that so don't try to atone or bond with me because I have a new family now"
"Well that explains the ring then" he spat stopping me from walking away and I froze turning around as I started playing with the diamond ring on my left ring finger.
"I would have invited my brothers but well...you were dead and frankly you should have stayed dead" I spat at him before I left leaving him to have the booth.
We continued to stare at each other for a few seconds before he turned to Rebekah and said her name while my hand fell to my left hand where that diamond ring used to sit before I lifted my hand and pulled out the chain around my neck seeing it still there and smiled raising it to my lips, I used to wear it but after fleeing from Mikael and Nik and I had to play different parts everywhere we went it was easier to just wear it around my neck instead of taking it off when we pretended we weren't married to cover our tracks since I didn't want to risk taking it off and leaving it behind somewhere.
"Stefan" Nik called making Stefan turn to him and he looked flooded with more memories.
Flashback 1922 – Sophia's POV
I sat with Nik and Stefan at the bar despite my argument with Stefan earlier since Nik liked his company and I could tell he was happy and for a while he hadn't been since Marcel had been like a son to him so he'd taken that just as hard, if not worse than any of us had so I was giving Stefan the benefit of the doubt even if I wasn't ready to forgive him yet.
"Hey buddy, take a picture of my sister, brother-in-law and me" Stefan suddenly said stopping a photographer and he pulled Nik closer to him, the two of them put their arms over their shoulders and before I could move to avoid being a part of it Nik grabbed me and pulled me down to sit on his lap wrapping his arm around my waist and I tried not to smile but Nik tickled my side which always made me laugh as I was ticklish and I smiled just as the flash went off.
"I remember you" Stefan said as I came out of the memory and I smiled despite everything seeing Nik smile. "We were friends"
"We are friends" Nik countered walking up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder before he looked up at Rebekah. "And now the reason you're here" he said before walking towards her. "Gloria tells me you know how to contact the Original witch"
"The original witch?" Rebekah asked him with distaste for the word.
"What do you have that Gloria needs?" he asked her and her response was to reach towards her neck but clearly didn't find what she was looking for since her eyes widened as she looked down.
"Where's my necklace?" she asked looking up at Nik. "What did you do with it, I never take it off?"
"I don't know I didn't touch it" Nik replied.
"We need to find it" she insisted.
"Tell me that's not what she needs?" Nik asked her as she started throwing a fit.
"Nik I want it back!"
"Tell me that's not what she needs Rebekah!" he yelled at her grabbing her arms.
"Nik enough!" I spat moving towards him as she forced his hands off her and went towards her coffin throwing the pillows and inside apart trying to find it but she didn't and got angry throwing the lid down before throwing the coffin over, yet again we were stuck since without that necklace Nik couldn't get his answer.
